Medical Assisant (Certificate)
Department: Health Professions
Program Contact: Erica Sirrine
Phone: (435) 893-2290
Email: erica.sirrine@snow.edu
Department Webpage: https://www.snow.edu/academics/bat/healthprofessions/index.html
Medical assistants play a vital role in the healthcare industry. Combining patient care and administrative duties, medical assistants work primarily in doctors’ offices and clinics working to make life easier for patients and physicians. If you’ve been considering a career in the healthcare industry, medical assisting may be for you.
Program Outcomes
A student who completes the Medical Assistant certificate will be able to do the following.
- Demonstrate competent patient care of a medical assistant in ambulatory healthcare facilities.
- Exhibit basic skills of a medical assistant including obtaining vital signs, phlebotomy, pharmacology, EKG, and assisting providers with specialty examinations.
- Perform accurate medical documentation, patient education instruction, communication, and apply critical thinking skills in both simulated and clinical settings.
- Describe the areas of general, clinical, and administrative medical assisting.
- Demonstrate competencies and skills in preparation for taking a medical assistant national certification examination.